University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1423

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DS ID:

DS1346

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1423

Title:

Ledger of Pesciori debtors and creditors.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1523-1557.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 94 leaves : paper ; 284 x 210 mm bound to 291 x 212 mm +

Note:

Foliation: Paper, 94; [1-94]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination, upper corners.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or...
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Balance 2515 (Pisa, 1515).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 264 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties. Decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1523 (f. 1v) and 1557 (f. 67v).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961.

Keyword:

accounts

ledgers (account books)

codices (bound manuscripts)

credit records

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Accounting

Pesciori, Guglielmo

Sixteenth century

Italy

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944530223503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p38c9r520/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania